Table of contents
The numbers game
Mr Short's recent removal of the secondary/primary class‐size differential has pleased nobody. The National Union of Teachers, who for so long have railed against its existence…
The Consensus
Roger BeardThat education and party politics are totally linked there is no doubt. At any party's annual conference, educational motions figure extensively on the agenda. Indeed, in the…
TORY
David FletcherEducation has become the sacred cow of British politics over the past 25 years. Since the 1944 Education Act was framed, it has won the unstinting support of parents who have come…
LABOUR
Bruce KembleWe should be grateful to Kingsley Amis. In one sentence this year he crystallized the essential difference between ‘consensus’ politicians and backlashers, between reactionaries…
View one
Edward BoyleThe reputation of the Conservative Party in the education world has altered significantly during recent years. Ten years ago, despite the achievements of Sir David Eccles, there…
View two
ChrisPriceEvery empire tends to develop a consensus establishment, and the world of education is no exception. This is particularly true in England where education is avowedly a…
The future
Tyrrell BurgessThe party conferences in October, they say, may be the last before the next general election. So this is just the time for offering them a policy each for education. Neither the…
A second look at computers
Peppy BarlowIn June of this year the Computer Board published its first report and the National Council for Educational Technology produced an action paper, Computer based learning: two…
Development
John Duke‘The application of computers to teaching and learning is a logical development in the evolution of educational technology, although at present the ultimate benefits can be but…
COLLEGE DATA PROCESSING
EC SmithData processing in college administration implies the recording of information related to any aspect of college administrative and clerical work in machine‐input form, and the…
FACULTY
Alan Kirk, Jules ZellAK During the past academic year the Computer Board, which is the controlling body for the financing of university computers, has issued its first report, covering the period up…
Correspondence Education
George WedellSince Part III of the Education Act 1944 came into force, under which independent schools are required to seek registration by the Department of Education and Science…
Focus
Brian MacArthurAlthough teachers are understandably dubious about it, an Education Minister has at last announced action against oversize classes. A new government circular has told education…
Comment
Gordon BennettThe National Association of Schoolmasters has won a significant victory in Durham, and the nature of the victory demonstrates just how primitive is the state of relations between…
Recess
James RenderIt is 25 years since the introduction of one of the most radical and far‐reaching reforms of recent times — the 1944 Education Act. And before pointing to the faults of the…
Audio‐visual review
Chris Edmonds1 There is little doubt that one of the most versatile pieces of visual teaching hardware is the overhead projector — and this perhaps is one reason there are so many brands on…
Publishers 1
Peter BelbinThe concept of publishing as an occupation indulged in by rather eccentric individuals, remote from the classroom, or by bright young men and women seeking to teach old dogs new…
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